Come Visit Us inAncient Egypt!

Come Visit Us inAncient Egypt!

By: Sam Eames, Gabby Rovito, Nick Gatti, Pranav & Bonnie

Beverly

By: Sam Eames, Gabby Rovito, Nick Gatti, Pranav & Bonnie

Beverly

The Fascinating History of Egypt

The Fascinating History of Egypt

Old Kingdom: The two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt were united by Menes, who became the first pharaoh of Egypt Middle Kingdom: In the Middle Kingdom, the pharaoh queen Hatshepsut ruled Egypt as a regent for her stepbrother Thutmosis III. When Thutmosis came to power, he erased all memory of his stepsister; any monuments with her name carved upon it or others. New Kingdom: The famous burial place known as the Valley of the Kings was created in this kingdom. Many pharaohs were buried here, including Tutankhamen.

Egyptian ArchitectureEgyptian ArchitectureAnother amazing part of Egyptian culture was their architecture. The ancient Egyptians had many amazing feats of building, like the Sphinx and Pyramids at Giza. These monuments and tombs for the ancient pharaohs were enormous. Many still stand, most in Giza.

Egyptian Geography•Egypt was located near the life-giving Nile River. It brings fertile soil and water to the Egyptians. When you visit, be sure to stop by and paddle along the Nile. Watch out for hippos and alligators!•The natural borders around Egypt keeps enemies from invading. A desert can easily stop warriors with bare feet!•Also, the Nile is a perfect trade route for the Egyptians and Nubians. It brings them much wealth.

Have you ever wondered how to read Egyptian hieroglyphics?Have you ever wondered how

to read Egyptian hieroglyphics?

The Egyptian hieroglyphics are another amazing part of Egypt’s culture. They were a unique group of pictograms used for easy writing. Above- A table of the Egyptian hieroglyphics

The Egyptian hieroglyphics are another amazing part of Egypt’s culture. They were a unique group of pictograms used for easy writing. Above- A table of the Egyptian hieroglyphics

Fun facts about hieroglyphicsFun facts about hieroglyphics

• You may be wondering why there are two B’s, H’s, N’s, and two T’s? This is because they have different pronunciations.

• For example: one B is pronounced, ‘ayn’, while the other is pronounced ‘slm’. This pronunciation makes all the difference

Pyramids

• These things are 5000 year old, 481ft. tall, 6.5 million ton, triangular shaped tombs made of brick. Don’t you appreciate the Egyptians hard work? They are the Egyptians kings tombs, their passage to the afterlife, were all there most valuable riches were stored.

Inside and Out

• The Pyramids took over twenty years to make. When workers finished the Pyramids they were respected by people a lot more then before the Pyramid started. Building the Pyramid also showed there commitment to the pharaoh. The bricks for the Pyramid came on barges from the Nile Delta. The Pyramids are coated with wall paintings on the inside. The paintings tell the accomplishments of the Pharaoh buried there. There are over 100 pyramids, but the most famous ones are the Great Pyramids. The Great Pyramids are found in Giza. All in all, the trip to Egypt is not amazing without seeing the Pyramids

Egyptian Lifestyle: Home and Religion

• Ancient Egyptian homes were made out of mud bricks. Dried in the hot sun the old Egyptian houses you will see here are very sturdy.

• The children of the house were very important for the family’s trades. For example the daughter of a baker would help in the shop run errands and cook the bread. Some names the might have been were Nefriti, Phoenix, Bast, Bes and Seth

• Workers carried many jobs in the next slides we will tell you what shops you may find what you can eat and about the rulers of the country.

Shops, Food and Nobles

• If you came to Egypt you would mainly eat like the natives. In this case the natives ate figs and lots of bread.

• In many of the shops around town you would find figs and bread. There would also be wood pottery basket and bronze shops. Along with bronze, gold would also be in store.

• Nobles such as queens would have gold made into jewelry. They would wear it to dances or parties.

• Women in Ancient Egypt have rights more than ever before. They could own land and for the first time ever they could hold a job. The normally took care of the children and ran errands for the shop.

• The male children would run the shop or go to school and become scribes. Only male children could go to school. When the father of the family died the son would take over.

• Women in Ancient Egypt love to wear eye make up and lots of it. So you might want to keep up with the trends!

Women Make up and Education

• Mummies are the dead remains of the ancient Egyptian people.

• The ancient Egyptian people believed in the afterlife, a life after death, they thought that after a person died he/she would live another life, but in the form of the dead, they believed that the dead would join Osiris and live a life of ease and pleasure. But the person could only survive if the he/she had food, clothing and other important items, so they placed the necessary thing in the tomb with the dead so that the dead could live again.

Mummification process• The mummification process has 7 steps:

1. Announce the death of the person.2. Embalm the body. 3. Remove the brain. 4. Take out the internal organs (excluding the heart) and put them

into jars. 5. Dry the body with the use of heat. 6. Wrap the body with a long piece of linen and put the body in the

sarcophagus. 7. Lastly the ancient Egyptians had a final procession (depending on

how wealthy the person was) before the body was put in its tomb. • The process of mummification takes approximately 100 days.

Fun Facts about mummies:• The word mummy comes from the Arabic word for black

gooey stuff.• Some mummies were found wearing hats?• Some people used mummies to get better if they were sick.• Egyptian mummies and wrappings were used for fuel for fires

in the early 1900s• For thousands of years people made a living by stealing

mummies and the contents in the tombs.• Animals of all sorts were mummified too for example: A cat,

the cat would be mummified and would have little mummified mice along with it.

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